Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - April 21, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 21, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 4

Toronto leads 2-0 (as of 4/21)

Game 1: Friday, April 20
Toronto	4	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, April 21
Toronto	9	Final
Kansas City	5	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, April 22
Toronto	5	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Game 4: Monday, April 23
Toronto	4	Final
Kansas City	1	Final
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Blue Jays 9

(8-6, 4-1 away)

Royals 5

(3-11, 0-8 home)

Alerts

7:10 PM ET, April 21, 2012

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	0	0	0	4	0	2	3	0	0	9	14	0
KC	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	5	10	0

W: D. Hutchison (1-0)

L: E. Teaford (0-1)

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Y Escobar SS	5	0	1	1	0	0	20	.246	.296	.323
K Johnson 2B	2	0	1	0	3	1	26	.214	.353	.393
J Bautista RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	18	.200	.354	.340
A Lind 1B	5	1	1	0	0	0	19	.234	.308	.404
E Thames LF	4	1	1	0	1	1	24	.256	.318	.308
E Encarnacion DH	5	2	3	3	0	1	17	.328	.365	.621
B Lawrie 3B	4	2	2	0	0	0	15	.281	.311	.386
C Rasmus CF	4	3	3	4	0	0	13	.275	.321	.510
J Arencibia C	4	0	2	1	0	0	14	.186	.222	.302
Totals	38	9	14	9	4	3	166
BATTING 2B: E Thames (2, L Mendoza); J Arencibia (2, L Mendoza); A Lind (5, L Mendoza) HR: C Rasmus 2 (3, 6th inning off E Teaford 1 on, 0 Out; 7th inning off K Herrera 0 on, 2 Out); E Encarnacion (4, 7th inning off K Herrera 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: E Encarnacion 3 (13), C Rasmus 4 (9), J Arencibia (9), Y Escobar (6) 2-out RBI: C Rasmus GIDP: J Bautista Blue Jays RISP: 4-8 (Y Escobar 1-2, E Encarnacion 1-1, E Thames 0-1, J Bautista 0-2, C Rasmus 1-1, J Arencibia 1-1) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING CS: E Thames (1, 3rd base by L Mendoza)
FIELDING DP: 4 (K Johnson-Y Escobar-A Lind 2, B Lawrie-A Lind, B Lawrie-K Johnson-A Lind).

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Hutchison (W, 1-0)	5.1	8	5	5	3	4	2	99-55	8.44
D Oliver (H, 2)	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	16-12	1.80
C Villanueva	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	29-19	7.11
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	4	6	2	144-86
PITCHING HBP: B Butler (By D Hutchison) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Hutchison 9/26; D Oliver 2/5; C Villanueva 4/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Hutchison 19-5-13-18; D Oliver 5-0-3-4; C Villanueva 9-3-2-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Hutchison 8-4; D Oliver 3-1; C Villanueva 4-1 Game Scores: D Hutchison 33

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Y Betancourt 2B	5	0	2	1	0	1	19	.353	.389	.500
A Gordon LF	4	2	2	1	1	1	23	.185	.302	.333
B Butler DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	12	.333	.379	.556
E Hosmer 1B	4	1	1	2	0	1	15	.179	.270	.375
J Francoeur RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	.226	.281	.302
B Pena C	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	.304	.333	.435
M Moustakas 3B	2	0	0	0	2	0	16	.229	.288	.458
A Escobar SS	4	1	4	0	0	0	15	.302	.339	.472
M Maier CF	3	1	1	1	1	2	20	.227	.370	.455
Totals	33	5	10	5	4	6	144
BATTING 2B: Y Betancourt (2, D Hutchison); A Escobar (4, D Hutchison) 3B: M Maier (1, D Hutchison) HR: A Gordon (2, 1st inning off D Hutchison 0 on, 1 Out); E Hosmer (3, 5th inning off D Hutchison 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: A Gordon (5), M Maier (2), Y Betancourt (3), E Hosmer 2 (9) 2-out RBI: E Hosmer 2 GIDP: E Hosmer, B Butler 2, A Gordon Royals RISP: 3-11 (Y Betancourt 1-3, M Maier 1-3, A Gordon 0-2, E Hosmer 1-2, B Butler 0-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING DP: 2 (M Moustakas-Y Betancourt-E Hosmer, Y Betancourt-E Hosmer).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Mendoza	3.1	10	4	4	1	0	0	50-34	6.92
E Teaford (L, 0-1)	3.0	2	3	3	3	0	1	69-37	3.86
K Herrera	1.2	2	2	2	0	1	2	32-21	5.40
T Collins	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15-9	4.15
Totals	9.0	14	9	9	4	3	3	166-101
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L Mendoza 12/19; E Teaford 6/13; K Herrera 4/7; T Collins 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L Mendoza 8-2-6-18; E Teaford 10-1-19-7; K Herrera 8-3-4-6; T Collins 5-0-3-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Mendoza 8-1; E Teaford 4-4; K Herrera 4-0; T Collins 1-0 Game Scores: L Mendoza 23

Scoring Summary

			TOR	KC
	1st	A Gordon homered to center. (417 feet)	0	1
	4th	E Encarnacion singled to left, A Lind scored.	1	1
	4th	C Rasmus singled to right, E Encarnacion scored, B Lawrie to second.	2	1
	4th	J Arencibia singled to left, B Lawrie scored, C Rasmus to third.	3	1
	4th	Y Escobar singled to right center, C Rasmus scored, J Arencibia to third.	4	1
	5th	M Maier tripled to deep right center, A Escobar scored.	4	2
	5th	Y Betancourt singled to center, M Maier scored.	4	3
	5th	E Hosmer homered to center, A Gordon scored. (430 feet)	4	5
	6th	C Rasmus homered to right, B Lawrie scored.(417 feet)	6	5
	7th	E Encarnacion homered to left center, E Thames scored. (401 feet)	8	5
	7th	C Rasmus homered to right. (435 feet)	9	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	27,804 (73.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:03
Weather	68 degrees, clear
Wind	4 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Marty Foster, First Base - Tim Timmons, Second Base - Jeff Kellogg, Third Base - Eric Cooper